00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, September 22. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:08The US and Russia are to chair a meeting in New York today, bringing together world powers
00:13with a stake in Syria's civil war. The 23-nation International Syria Support Group was set
00:18up to push for a ceasefire and an eventual political resolution to the bloody five-year-old
00:24conflict.
00:25Foreign ministers, already gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly, held an
00:28emergency meeting of the ISSG on Tuesday but made little progress.
00:34A second night of race-related clashes in Charlotte on Wednesday left one protester
00:39on life support. The renewed violence prompted North Carolina to declare a state of emergency.
00:44Governor Pat McCrory said he was also activating the National Guard and Highway Patrol officers
00:49to assist local law enforcement.
00:52The revised UAE bankruptcy law could provide its own boost to the home rental market. More
00:57UAE-based businesses, even mid-sized ones, could start taking on residential leases on
01:02behalf of their employees when the law comes into effect. The new version of the law stipulates
01:07that checks issued by commercial entities will not be considered a criminal offense
01:11if they bounce.
01:12Marianne Cotillard is announcing her pregnancy and shooting down rumors of any romantic involvement
01:17with Brad Pitt. This is going to be my first and only reaction to the whirlwind news that
01:22broke 24 hours ago and that I was swept up into," the Oscar-winning actress posted on
01:27Instagram.
01:28Cotillard affirmed her longtime relationship with actor Guillaume Canette and said she
01:32hopes Angelina Jolie and Pitt will find peace in this very tumultuous moment.
01:37Ralph Lauren, one of the giants of modern American fashion, is working on his autobiography.
01:42Simon & Schuster said on Wednesday that it will release the book in autumn 2017 in conjunction
01:47with his company's 50th anniversary.
01:49Famed for his polo-pony motif, the 76-year-old Lauren has combined Americana, ruggedness
01:56and refinement to create an upscale look and a lifestyle.
01:59And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:04to 28 degrees at night.
02:06That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday but
02:10you can always get the latest news on gulfnews.com
02:17Thanks for watching.
02:18We'll see you next time.
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